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The  San  Diego 


BULLETIN^ 


State  Normal   School 

INFORMATION  CONCERNING  THE  SCHOOL  AND  ITS  EQUIPMENT 


Volume  I  No.  4 

September,  1913 


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PAGEANTS  AND  FESTIVALS. 

DEDICATION  DAY. 

On  the  first  day  in  May,  1899,  the  building  shown  on  the  opposite  page  (and 
also  shown  on  the  cover)  was  dedicated.  The  anniversary  of  this  day  has  since 
been  kept  as  "Dedication  Day" — the  most  important  one  in  the  school  year.  The 
exercises  commencing  the  day  always  include  a  Mayday  pageant.  The  picture — 
one  of  the  scenes  in  the  festival  of  191 3 — shows  the  May  Queen  ushered  to  her 
throne  by  her  page  and  maids  of  honor. 


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SCENES   FROM   THE   MAY    FESTIVAL  OF   1913. 


Scenes  from  the  May  festival  of  191 1. 


THE  DANCERS— SAILORS.   DUTCH   LASSES,   SENORITAS. 


The  Maypole  dance,  by  the  children  of  the  intermediate  school,  May  festival 
of  1913. 


THE   MAYPOLE    DANCE.  FESTIVAL   OF    19 


THE  GREEK  PLAY. 

The  great  Greek  porch  in  the  central  portion  of  the  building  provides  the 
setting  for  a  beautiful  out-of-door  Greek  theatre. 

In  IQI2,  the  senior  class  presented  on  this  stage  Ben  Jonson's  "Hue  and  Cry 
After  Cupid."  The  class  of  1913  gave  Stephen  Phillips'  "Ulysses,"  on  a  moon- 
light night  in  June — a  truly  interesting  production  of  a  notable  play. 

The  two  productions  have  established  a  firm  foundation  for  an  annual  rendition 
of  a  Greek  play  as  one  of  the  traditions  of  the  school. 


SCENES    FROM    "UEYSSES. 


Characters  in  "Ulysses."     Upper  picture,  Ulysses  and  Calypso;  lower  pic- 
ture, Penelope. 


;RS  IN  "ULYSSES.' 


THE  LIBRARY. 

There  are  not  many  rooms  more  loved  by  the  students  than  the  library.  It  is 
efficiently  administered — one  gets  the  hint,  the  help,  that  one  needs.  It  is  a 
beautiful  room,  bountifully  supplied  with  books — books  for  pleasure  and  personal 
culture,  as  well  as  books  of  professional  use. 


THE   LIBK  \RY. 


THE  TRAINING  SCHOOL  LIBRARY. 

The  training  school  library  is  one  room,  at  least,  that  might  find  place  in  a 
true  "house  of  children,"  for  it  has  not  only  the  charm  of  low  shelves,  fine  pictures 
and  the  books  that  children  love,  but  is  administered  by  trained  people  skilled  in 
child  lore.  This  library,  the  normal  school  library,  the  studios,  shops,  and 
laboratories  of  the  institution,  are  all  freely  used  in  the  work  of  the  training 
school,  which  is  made  the  center  of  the  circle  of  administration. 

No  member  of  the  faculty,  no  officer  of  administration,  ever  forgets  that  the 
training  of  teachers  must  imply  for  all  constant  contact  with  and  constant  attention 
to  the  problem  of  the  child. 


THE  TRAINING   SCHOOL  LIBRARY. 


PHYSICAL  EDUCATION. 

Out-of-door  physical  education — which  includes  not  only  rowing,  but  also 
tennis,  basket-ball,  captain-ball,  baseball  and  walking — is  supplemented  by  sys- 
tematic work  in  the  school  gymnasium,  accompanied  by  courses  in  physiology 
and  hygiene,  with  social  and  personal  hygiene.  The  gymnasium  is  well  equipped, 
and  is  so  well  ventilated  as  to  be  virtually  an  out-of-door  gymnasium. 


PHYSICAL   EDUCATION. 


OUT-OF-DOOR  LIFE. 

One  of  the  school  crews — "Pristis." 

The  delightful  waters  of  San  Diego  Bay  furnish  the  Normal  School  students 
with  splendid  opportunities  for  recreation  and  physical  development.  Every 
afternoon,  the  school  barge,  "manned"  by  one  of  the  six  school  crews,  is  taken  out 
for  a  cruise  on  the  bay.  Each  crew  makes  up  a  natural  social  group,  and  the 
crews,  taken  all  together,  function  admirably  in  the  social  life  of  the  school. 
There  are  five  or  six  other  crews  besides  the  Pristis,  as  the  Glaucus,  Rhinegold, 
Dos:  Watch,  Argfonauts.  White  Ducks,  etc. 


Physical  development  through  work,  as  well  as  through  athletics  and  gym- 
nastic exercises,  is  one  of  the  features  of  the  curriculum  of  the  school.  The 
pictures  on  the  opposite  page  show  a  group  of  intermediate  school  boys  ready 
for  lessons  in  agriculture,  and  groups  of  normal  school  students  in  the  wood  shop. 


HOUSEHOLD  ARTS. 

The  courses  in  household  arts  are  deservedly  popular.  A  suite  of  rooms, 
inclusive  of  sewing  room,  kitchen  and  dining  room,  has  been  set  aside  for  the 
work,  in  the  east  wing  of  the  main  building. 

Students  in  the  advanced  courses  are  given  excellent  opportunity  for  practice 
teaching,  since  courses  in  cooking  and  sewing  are  required  of  the  pupils  in  the 
training  school. 


HOUSEHOLD  ARTS— VIEW  OF  KITCHEN. 


SOCIETIES. 

The  students  of  the  school  have  not  forgotten  religion  as  fundamental  in  the 
whole  problem  of  life.  Religious  organizations  among  the  students  may  find  a 
place  in  the  school  life  without  offense  to  any  creed  or  doctrine.  During  the  past 
year,  the  Young  Women's  Christian  Association  has  taken  on  a  new  significance 
in  an  efficient  program  of  social  service  rendered  in  the  true  Christian  spirit. 


MUSIC. 

Music  is  made  one  of  the  major  subjects  of  the  normal  school  curriculum. 
In  addition  to  the  regular  courses  in  the  teaching  of  public  school  music,  choral 
singing  is  required  of  all  students,  while  special  choral  work  through  the  "Philo- 
mel Club"  gives  added  opportunity  to  students  who  wish  to  specialize  in  choral 
singing. 

The  Philomel  Club  and  the  school  orchestra  have  provided  the  school  with 
some  of  its  most  delightful  musical  entertainments. 


THE  PHILOMEL  CLUB. 


OUT-OF-DOOR  SCHOOL  ROOM. 

This  is  one  of  the  out-of-door  school  rooms,  of  which  six  have  been  built, 
with  more  to  be  constructed  as  the  school  grows.  Some  of  the  rooms  are  avail- 
able for  normal  school  classes,  as  well  as  for  the  children  of  the  training  school. 


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CLIMATIC  ENVIRONMENT. 

An  Athenian  poet  described  his  people  as  "ever  delicately  marching  in  most 
pellucid  air." 

This  "most  pellucid  air"  of  the  classic  poet  bathes  at  least  one  shrine  in 
America — a  shrine  set  up  to  the  spirit  of  democracy  on  the  heights  above  the 
Pacific  where  the  first  settlement  in  California  was  planted — at  San  Diego. 
Appropriately  enough,  the  roofing  of  this  shrine  is  Athenian  in  the  motif  of  its 
architecture,  and  climate  and  architecture  combine  to  make  a  school  home  of 
genuine  beauty  and  of  genuine  comfort  to  the  human  spirit. 

To  those  who  must  balance  poetry  with  fact,  the  exhibit  on  the  opposite  page 
will  make  its  equal  appeal. 


THE  CLIMATE  OF  SAN  DIEGO. 

Since  the  beginning  of  meteorological  records,  the  tempera- 
ture has  averaged  less  than  one  hour  per  year  above  90  degrees. 
The  thermometer  has  but  once  gone  below  32  degrees, 
although  the  records  extend  back  to  1871. 

The  annual  rainfall  in  San  Diego  averages  ten  inches. 
Back  from  the  coast,  the  rainfall  increases  to  over  forty 
inches.  It  is  in  this  well-watered  region  that  the  magnificent 
water  supply  of  San  Diego  is  located. 

The  sea  breeze  keeps  San  Diego  cool  in  summer,  and  warm 
in  winter,  and  the  near-by  mountains  and  desert  give  it  a  dry 
marine  climate.  The  wind  averages  five  miles  per  hour 
throughout  the  year. 

The  sun  shines  in  San  Diego  on  an  average  of  356  days  a 
year.  The  photographic  sunshine  recorder  shows  that  for 
over  twenty  years  there  has  been  an  average  of  less  than  9 
days  a  year  without  one  hour  or  more  of  sunshine. 

Temperatures  are  usually  shown  on  a  globe  by  lines  which 
pass  through  regions  of  the  same  degree  of  heat  or  cold.  Red 
lines  of  60  degrees  and  70  degrees  showing  the  summer  tem- 
perature at  San  Diego  also  enclose  Alaska  and  Siberia.  Blue 
lines  of  50  degrees  and  60  degrees,  showing  the  winter  tem- 
perature at  San  Diego,  enclose  Egypt  and  Arabia.  Thus  San 
Diego  may  be  said  to  have  Alaskan  summers  and  Egyptian 
winters.  —From  U.  S.  Weather  Bureau  Records. 


TEMPERATURE. 

Mean  highest 72.8 

Mean  lowest 63.5 

Mean  for  the  month 68.2 

PRECIPITATION. 
Total  inches  this  mo...  0.06 


MONTHLY      SUNSHINE 
RECORD. 

Number  hours,  actual 

sunshine    320.3 

Number  hours  possible  436.9 

Percentage  of  possible  73 


Weather  Conditions  Obtained  During  the  Summer  Session  of 

1913.     Monthly  Meterological  Summary  for  San 

Diego,  July,  1913. 

Temperature. 

Highest,  78,  7th  ;  lowest,  60, 
25th;  greatest  daily  range,  15, 
1st;  least,  5,  13th;  normal  for 
this  month,  66.9;  absolute 
highest  for  this  month  for  42 
years,  93 ;  lowest,  54 ;  average 
daily  excess  of  this  month 
compared  with  normal,  1.3; 
accumulated  deficiency  since 
January  1,  2.12. 

Precipitation. 

Total  this  month,  0.06; 
snowfall,  0;  greatest  precipi- 
tation in  24  hours,  .05,  on  the 
20th ;  normal  this  month,  .00 ; 
total  from  September  1,  1912, 
to  date,  5.63 ;  normal  from 
September  1,  1912,  to  date, 
10.01 ;  deficiency  from  Sep- 
tember 1,  1912,  to  date,  4.38; 
annual  normal,  10.01. 
Wind. 

Prevailing  direction,  west; 
total  movement,  4,932  miles ; 
average  hourly  velocity,  6.6; 
maximum  velocity  (in  5  min- 
utes), 20  miles  per  hour  from 
west,  on  21st. 

Weather. 

Number  of  days  clear,  20; 
partly  cloudy,  11;  cloudy,  0; 
on  which  0.01  inch  precipita- 
tion or  more  occurred,  2. 
Mean  monthly  relative  hu- 
midity, 80  per  cent. 

Note. — This    is    a    typical    record    of    temperature    conditions    in    San 
Diego  in  midsummer. 


Temp. 

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70 

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71 

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Clear 

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65 

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62 

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Clear 

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7.-i 

61 

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Clear 

Kin 

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74 

05  70 

.(XI 

Clear 

Kin 

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7S 

tir,  72 

.(X) 

Clear 

01 

8 

75 

00  ,11 

.00 

Pt.  Cldy 

fil 

9_— 

75  66  70 

.00 

Clear 

ss 

10 

76  6.'!  70 

.00  Clear 

100 

11__._ 

74  64  69 

.00|Pt.  Cldy 

02, 

12 

74  65  70 

.00 

Pt.  Cldy 

40 

13_.__ 

71  oo  <;s 

.(X) 

Pt.Cldy 

50 

14.  - 

7166  70 

.(Ml 

Clear 

,s 

15— _ 

73 

00  7(1 

.(X) 

Clear 

70 

16____ 

72 

65  OS 

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Pt.Cldy 

12 

17 

71 

02  60 

.(X) 

Clear 

S4 

18____ 

,2 

02  6, 

.(Ml 

Pt.Cldv 

6.4 

19.... 

72 

62  07 

.0(1 

Pt.Cldy 

65 

20_.._ 

74 

66 

70 

.05 

Clear 

67 

21.... 

74 

65 

70 

.(Ml 

Clear 

86 

22— 

73 

66 

70 

.(X) 

Clear 

83 

23— 

72 

05 

OS 

.00 

Clear 

74 

24 

74  6.4 

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.(XI 

Clear 

74 

25— 

71  60 

00 

.(XI 

Clear 

93 

26... 

72  61 

OS 

.01 

Clear 

71 

27— 

71  6! 

07 

.(X) 

Pt.Cldy 

40 

28— 

60  61 

00 

.00 

Pt.Cldy 

56 

29. 

71  6.4 

07 

.(Ml 

Clear 

KM) 

30_— 

72  61 

00 

.00 

Pt.Cldy 

66 

31— 

72,62 

67 

.00 

Clear 

83 

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